Abstract:

Purpose: We aimed at researching the relationship between obesity and osteoporosis in kidney transplanted patients using the "body shape index (ABSI)" which is a new anthropometric measurement. Method and method: This cutting study, followed by 130 kidney transplanted patients. Laboratory and demographic findings, renal insufficiency etiology, dialytic time, donor type, post-transplantation time, additional diseases, menopause in women, medications were recorded from the patient files. Boy, pounds, back and back surroundings were also recorded from the files. ABSI is calculated by a specific formula. The bone mineral intensity (KMY) was measured using a double X-ray absorption metric. According to the T score, patients were divided into three groups as normal, osteophenic and osteoporotic. Results: 24 patients (18,5 percent), normal 82 patients (63.1 percent) with osteopenic and 24 patients (18,5 percent) with osteoporosis according to KMY values. A positive correlation was found between the body mass index and the lomber (r=0,294, p=0,002) and the femur T scores (r=0,216 p=0,024). There was a negative correlation between Lomber T score and ABSI (r=-0,237, p=0,014). ROC curves showed that ABSI has the most appropriate power to distinguish patients with and not osteoporosis in both gender. The result: ABSI found that it was more valuable in predicting osteoporosis in kidney transplanted patients than other anthropometric measurements.